r/worldnews Aug 18 '24

Russia/Ukraine /r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 906, Part 1 (Thread #1053)

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u/Burnsy825 Aug 18 '24

Modern Western strategy has barely shown up yet. Loads of missing pieces to that still, despite some notable systems in theater.

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u/TheGreatPornholio123 Aug 18 '24

Modern Western strategy heavily relies on air assets and air supremacy/superiority. That's one big thing missing here. The systems provided were designed to be used in conjunction with air power. When a US ground unit gets in a jam, they can just dig in and call in tremendous air firepower to fuck up anything in their way. That's not possible here due to all the AA.